Alpha School of English : Assessment Test

Dear student,

IMPORTANT - THIS TEST SHOULD BE COMPLETED AT LEAST 3 WEEKS BEFORE YOUR ARRIVAL IN MALTA.

The purpose of this Assessment Test is to establish your level of competence in English so that we can assign you to a class of your level. It is important that you work alone and without a dictionary.

You have 45 minutes to complete the Assessment Test.

Please try to complete as much of the test as you can.

When the test becomes too difficult please stop.

There are 3 sections in this test to be completed:

SECTION 1: LANGUAGE

SECTION 2: VOCABULARY

SECTION 3: WRITING

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IMPORTANT - THIS TEST SHOULD BE COMPLETED AT LEAST 3 WEEKS BEFORE YOUR ARRIVAL IN MALTA.

E-mail address
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We will send your test score to this email address.

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First Name
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Last Name
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Nationality
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Date of birth
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Mobile phone number
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Please include the full international dialing code, eg +356

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English course start date
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English course end date
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SECTION 1 : LANGUAGE

Choose the correct answer

1. __________ a bank near here ?

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2. Sam speaks English very _______.

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3. My mother is _______ teacher.

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4. What ________ ?

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5. We had _______ rain last night.

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6. Sam is ______ than Dave.

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7. _______ out last night?

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8. She's in the same class _____ me.

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9. Who _____ this book?

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10. ________ the newspaper.

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11. Where _______?

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12. This picture ______ by my friend.

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13. Speaker 1. "I love Indian food". Speaker 2. "_______".

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14. There's a no-smoking sign. You _______ smoke here.

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15. If you're hot, _______ the window.

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16. I'm going out _______ some milk.

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17. Try _______ late

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18. _______ here before.

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19. Someone _______ the meeting was cancelled.

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20. If you _______ me your email address, I'll write to you.

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21. Life would be easier if I _______ a bit more money.

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22. I'm late for school _______.

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23. I look forward _______ you next week.

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24. He speaks with _______ strong accent.

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25. I'm going to the hairdesser's _______.

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26. _______ in Rome since 2003.

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27. Is it alright _______ I open the window?

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28. We complained to the waiter _______ the food.

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29. _______ it was raining we went for a walk.

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30. Sam was only pretending _______ upset.

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31. My parents never let me _______ computer games.

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32. I _______ call you yesterday, but I didn't have time.

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33. Peter came out with us last night _______ feeling ill.

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34. I was surprised _______ Tom at the party last night.

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35. If you're tired, _______ to bed.

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36. Have you any idea where _______?

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37. I wish I _______ to David yesterday.

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38. What does that word mean? Look _______ in the dictionary.

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39. This time next week, _______ on a beach in Greece.

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40. I could see a small road _______ into the distance.

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41. It _______ Peter who broke the window - he wasn't here at the time.

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42. This is the first time _______ Vietnamese food.

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43. I can't give you a lift, because my car is _______.

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44. _______ that everyone stayed indoors.

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45. Phone when you _______.

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46. I'd rather you _______ in the house.

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47. Nobody rang me, _______?

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48. _______ realised, I would've told you.

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49. Sam doesn't work _______ he always seems to have a lot of money.

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50. _______ all the questions, James felt quite pleased with himself.

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SECTION 2: VOCABULARY

Add the missing word

1. I _______ born in Paris.

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2. I _______ 21 years old.

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3. My birthday is _______ July.

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4. Last month, I went _______ the USA.

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5. I stayed in New York _______ two weeks.

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6. Did you _______ many photos on holiday?

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7. What does Katy's new boyfriend look _______?

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8. Did you _______ your homework last night?

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9. It's a good idea to try _______ clothes before you buy them.

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10. As ________ as i'm concerned, internet shopping is a great idea.

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11. Oxford is famous _______ its university.

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12. Have you any _______ what time it is?

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13. I get on really _______ with my brothers and sisters. I like them a lot.

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14. We went to lots of places last night, but we ended _______ in Bar Soleil.

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15. Sue's new dress is very eye-_______.

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16. We used to be friends, but we _______ out years ago.

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17. I don't know how old he is, but he looks to be in _______ late-twenties.

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18. The sea was very cold - in fact it was absolutely _______.

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19. Can you _______ a secret?

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20. Lizzy has got a great _______ of humour.

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21. After being off school for a week, he found it difficult to _______ up with the work he'd missed.

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22. You're the only person I've told. No-one knows about it _______ from you and me.

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23. The advantages far _______ the disadvantages.

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24. Central Park in New York is a great place to while _______ a few hours.

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SECTION 3: WRITING

Why did you choose to come to Malta and how did you find out about Alpha School of English?